Stirrup



(No Model.)v

No. 444,298. Patented Jan. 6, 1891.

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE A. KERNS, OF VICTORIA, TEXAS.

STIRRUP,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,298, dated January 6, 1891.

Application filed July 9, 1890 Serial No. 358,220. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. KEENs, of Victoria, in the county of Victoria and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stirrups, of which the following is a specification;

Myinvention relates, generally, to stirrups, and particularly to a new and improved stirrup iron or body, whereby a stirrup of extraordinary strength and lightness is produced, and also one that is ornamental and avoids the discomforts of metallic stil-rups now in common use.

The object of my invention is to producea stirrnp of the above-noted character that shall be cheap, simple, and durable; and with this object in view my invention consists in certain details of construction and combination of parts shown in the accompanying drawings, and more fully explained hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which the same numerals of reference indicate the same parts, Figure l is a perspective View of my improved stirrup, certain parts being broken away to show the different parts. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of my stirrup, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the metallic body portion.

In the embodiment of' my invention I employ a metallic body portion 10, preferably of thin sheet-steel highly tempered,. said portion 10 being cut out and struck up by suitstretched around the fianges 1l and said flanges are of such width that a groove of considerable depth is left between the flanges when the covering 12 is stretched around the body portion 10. A leather securing-strip 13 is placed in the groove thus formed, said strip being so shaped as to snugly fit the groove or depression and cover the approaching edges of the covering-piece 12. The strip 13 is secured in place by the rivets 17 passing through the metallic portion 10 and covering-piece 12. By this construction the metallic body is entirely covered and all expense and labor of stitching is avoided.

A 1ollerbloclc 15 is secured between the upper ends of the bars upon the shaft 17, and an ornamental washer-plate 1G is interposed between the heads of the rivets 14 and the strip 13 and the heads of the shaft 17.

A leather foot-pad 18 may be laced in the usual way around the bottom of the stirrup, as shown. The metallic body, being of thin sheet-steel highly tempered and flanged at edges, is very strong and durable and calculated to resist great pressure. The metallic part is entirely covered with leather without stitching, which renders the article cheap and also ornamental.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is As an improved article of manufacture, the herein-described stirrup, consisting of the metallic body portion struck up from sheet metal and formed with outwardly-projecting dan ges at its edges, a leather covering-piece stretched around the body portion from the interior of the same, the edges of the coveringpiece approaching each other between the tianges on the body porticn, a leather secnring-piece arranged upon the exterior of the metal body portion between the flanges and covering the approaching edges of the covering-piece, rivets connecting the said parts, a shaft connecting the upper ends of the body-portion, and the foot-pad laced around the lower part of the same, all of said parts being construct-ed and arranged substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE A. KERN-S. lVitnesses:

M. STUART, JAMES S. FERGUSON. 

